Chapter 16

           

           Pierre,afterall,hadnotmanagedtochooseacareerforhimselfinPetersburg,andhadbeenexpelledfromthereforriotousconductandsenttoMoscow.ThestorytoldabouthimatCountRostóv’swastrue.Pierrehadtakenpartintyingapolicemantoabear.HehadnowbeenforsomedaysinMoscowandwasstayingasusualathisfather’shouse.ThoughheexpectedthatthestoryofhisescapadewouldbealreadyknowninMoscowandthattheladiesabouthisfather—whowereneverfavorablydisposedtowardhim—wouldhaveusedittoturnthecountagainsthim,heneverthelessonthedayofhisarrivalwenttohisfather’spartofthehouse.Enteringthedrawingroom,wheretheprincessesspentmostoftheirtime,hegreetedtheladies,twoofwhomweresittingatembroideryframeswhileathirdreadaloud.Itwastheeldestwhowasreading—theonewhohadmetAnnaMikháylovna.Thetwoyoungeroneswereembroidering:bothwererosyandprettyandtheydifferedonlyinthatonehadalittlemoleonherlipwhichmadehermuchprettier.Pierrewasreceivedasifhewereacorpseoraleper.Theeldestprincesspausedinherreadingandsilentlystaredathimwithfrightenedeyes;thesecondassumedpreciselythesameexpression;whiletheyoungest,theonewiththemole,whowasofacheerfulandlivelydisposition,bentoverherframetohideasmileprobablyevokedbytheamusingscenesheforesaw.Shedrewherwooldownthroughthecanvasand,scarcelyabletorefrainfromlaughing,stoopedasiftryingtomakeoutthepattern.

           “Howdoyoudo,cousin?”saidPierre.

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